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In case you missed the news, I’ve Got You Covered has replaced my prior Cover Snark feature. The format’s pretty similar, but this post features a round up of all the new covers I’ve fallen in love with recently. There may occasionally be some snark anyway. 😉

If you’re interested, this one’s already released. It’s a self-published title; it always makes me so happy when a self-pub has such a magnificent cover, because these authors truly do have control. I really love the font and flowers and colors used here.

These actually came out in October, but I found them shortly thereafter and I’m so pleased with these redesigns. I wasn’t into the original covers, so these redesigns to go along with the release of Courting Darkness are just what the doctor ordered.

Second verse, same as the first. This is the Australian cover, and I may even like it more, but it’s so hard to tell because they take different directions, both of which really hint at the subject of the book.

This is the German edition of Jenn Bennett’s Starry Eyes. I saw the cover reveal but couldn’t find a purchase link or Goodreads page for it. I don’t totally get the coffee cup camping aesthetic tbh but I just think this cover is so adorable and I can guarantee I would want to pick it up if I saw it in a store.

The designers made a lot of bold choices on this one, particularly in the use of orange and green as the primary colors, but there’s such a strong sense of time here, as well as a cinematic quality, that just works. Plus, you’d never confuse this cover for any other.

Honestly, I’m not totally sold on this in the long shot but when I zoom in on the details, it’s truly stunning, especially her dress and the fabric she’s working on. At first glance, she looks like a weirdly-formed angel, until you realize it’s the wing of the bird behind her.

Font-based covers are a particular favorite of mine, and the use of the film roll is inspired. The fact that things are slightly off-center bothers me a bit, but I still really enjoy this cover. I’m also wondering how they got David Baldacci to blurb it, because that seems random.

While I don’t dislike the original cover for this, I do think this one’s weird in a way that’s more likely to make people gravitate to it in a bookstore. Also, more generally, I love that they’re moving in an illustrated direction for his last couple books, because I think Hutchinson’s blend of contemporary and genre fiction elements lends itself well to illustration.

It’s interesting they took this in a more sombre direction, as in theory there could be something funny about this woman building a man. It hints that the novel may be nuanced. I also love the colors used here.

There are criticisms I could offer here, like how the girl looks so shiny as to not be real and the stiffness of her posture, but those are also what really work effectively in context. This book is being pitched as for fans of Crazy Rich Asians, and you can see that instantly, and the shininess and stiffness really sell that high society attitude. She’s basically trapped in a gilded cage made of flowers.

This Canadian edition captures an air of menace in a scene that ought to look bright and fun using the eerie framing of the chicken fight around the chatting couple. That juxtaposition really works for me. The artwork is also gorgeous, and the simple font treatment is incredibly effective.

First off, this cover made me chuckle when I first saw it, just from the visual of the flower hitting this guy in the face. BUT it gets even better for me, because, tied to the title, the flowers make me think of that whole he/she/they-love-me thing done with flower petals, and it’s like he’s getting a massive no from the universe.

Admittedly, it’s a trifle odd that I can’t tell by looking at this cover what the intended audience is (adult, but tbh could have been a middle grade). Mostly, I can’t get over my love of that lobster at the bottom sort of shrugging his claws like, yeah idk why I’m here either.